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Mbazi Senkoro

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Citations 128
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Infectious Diseases
General Medicine
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Philip Owiti
Sayoki Mfinanga
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Maria Zolfo
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Bruce Kirenga
Hannock Tweya
Gideon Kwesigabo
Katharina Kreppel
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PLoS One
J Infect Dev Ctries
BMC Infect Dis
BMC Public Health
Biol Methods Protoc
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Recent Articles
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Evaluation of a surrogate virus neutralization assay for detecting neutralizing antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 in an African population
Nkinda L, Shayo V, Masoud S, Barabona G, Ngare I, Kunambi P, et al.
Biol Methods Protoc . 2025 Jan; 10(1):bpae095. PMID: 39866376
The global resurgence of coronaviruses and the move to incorporate COVID-19 vaccines into the expanded program for immunization have warranted for a high-throughput and low-cost assay to measure and quantify...
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Management of possible serious bacterial infections in young infants where referral is not possible in the context of existing health system structure in Mbeya, Tanzania: Experience and lessons from the end line assessment
Ngadaya E, Manu A, Mmweteni M, Burengelo D, Philbert D, Kagaruki G, et al.
PLoS One . 2024 Dec; 19(12):e0310259. PMID: 39636929
Severe bacterial infections (SBIs) are a leading cause of neonatal deaths in low- and middle-income countries. World Health Organization's (WHO's) guideline for outpatient management of danger signs indicating possible serious...
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Evaluation of cross-neutralizing immunity following COVID-19 primary series vaccination during the Omicron surge in Tanzania
Nkinda L, Barabona G, Ngare I, Nkuwi E, Kamori D, Msafiri F, et al.
J Med Virol . 2024 Jul; 96(8):e29822. PMID: 39056238
COVID-19 vaccine became available in Tanzania during the first wave of the Omicron variant. During that time community seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 was already at 50%-80%. To date, it remains largely...
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Prevalence of subclinical pulmonary tuberculosis in adults in community settings: an individual participant data meta-analysis
Stuck L, Klinkenberg E, Abdelgadir Ali N, Basheir Abukaraig E, Adusi-Poku Y, Wagaw Z, et al.
Lancet Infect Dis . 2024 Mar; 24(7):726-736. PMID: 38490237
Background: Subclinical pulmonary tuberculosis, which presents without recognisable symptoms, is frequently detected in community screening. However, the disease category is poorly clinically defined. We explored the prevalence of subclinical pulmonary...
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Tobacco smoking clusters in households affected by tuberculosis in an individual participant data meta-analysis of national tuberculosis prevalence surveys: Time for household-wide interventions?
Hamada Y, Quartagno M, Law I, Malik F, Bonsu F, Adetifa I, et al.
PLOS Glob Public Health . 2024 Feb; 4(2):e0002596. PMID: 38422092
Tuberculosis (TB) and non-communicable diseases (NCD) share predisposing risk factors. TB-associated NCD might cluster within households affected with TB requiring shared prevention and care strategies. We conducted an individual participant...
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Association of diabetes, smoking, and alcohol use with subclinical-to-symptomatic spectrum of tuberculosis in 16 countries: an individual participant data meta-analysis of national tuberculosis prevalence surveys
Hamada Y, Quartagno M, Law I, Malik F, Bonsu F, Adetifa I, et al.
EClinicalMedicine . 2023 Sep; 63:102191. PMID: 37680950
Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and NCD risk factors, such as smoking, increase the risk for tuberculosis (TB). Data are scarce on the risk of prevalent TB associated with these factors...
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Increased uptake of tuberculosis preventive therapy (TPT) among people living with HIV following the 100-days accelerated campaign: A retrospective review of routinely collected data at six urban public health facilities in Uganda
Musaazi J, Sekaggya-Wiltshire C, Okoboi S, Zawedde-Muyanja S, Senkoro M, Kalema N, et al.
PLoS One . 2023 Feb; 18(2):e0268935. PMID: 36821550
Tuberculosis preventive therapy (TPT) effectively decreases rates of developing active tuberculosis disease in people living with HIV (PLHIV) who are at increased risk. The Uganda Ministry of Health launched a...
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Implementation of distance learning IMCI training in rural districts of Tanzania
Isangula K, Ngadaya E, Manu A, Mmweteni M, Philbert D, Burengelo D, et al.
BMC Health Serv Res . 2023 Jan; 23(1):56. PMID: 36658537
Background: The standard face-to-face training for the integrated management of childhood illness (IMCI) continues to be plagued by concerns of low coverage of trainees, the prolonged absence of trainees from...
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Surgical output within the Fast Track Initiative against trachoma in Amhara region, Ethiopia
Hailemariam B, Sata E, Halefom M, Deathe A, Zerihun M, Jensen K, et al.
J Infect Dev Ctries . 2022 Sep; 16(8.1):8S-14S. PMID: 36156496
Introduction: Trachomatous trichiasis (TT) is the advanced stage of trachoma where lashes touch the globe of the eye causing permanent damage. Without eyelid surgery, TT can lead to irreversible blindness....
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of confirmed COVID-19 patients in the early months of the pandemic in Tanzania: a multicenter cohort study
Mnyambwa N, Lubinza C, Ngadaya E, Senkoro M, Kimaro G, Kagaruki G, et al.
IJID Reg . 2022 Jun; 2:118-125. PMID: 35721420
Background: A prospective cohort study of the clinical presentations and management outcomes of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients in the early months of the pandemic was performed at two hospitals in Dar...